CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter explains the overview of this project which includes the information of the list below:
1. Introduction to the project 2. Objective
3. Problem statement 4. Scope of the project
5. A Brief Description of the Methodology 6. Report structure
1.1 Introduction to Project
Nowadays, there are many renewable energy was invented due to natural resources available was getting less and less, and the problem of global warming has
getting serious. There are many renewable technologies available nowadays, such as solar electrification by using sunlight as source, wind turbines by using wind energy as
power source and water turbine by using movement of water as power source.
In my opinion, Malaysia is the most suitable and beneficial place to development solar energy technology because of the climate of Malaysia. Because of Malaysia
located near the equator, its climate is considered as equatorial, being hot and humid throughout the year and sun all long year.
Thus, in Malaysia, the sunlight’s intensity do not varies by season.
Solar panel is a piece of square thing that capable to convert the solar radiation to electrical energy. Actually, solar panel was made from a semiconductor material called
SiliconSi. Majority component of solar panel is Si and in practically the maximum allowed by the law of physics is 24.5. The fact is, unless a higher efficient solar panel
was invented, increasing of the intensity of light falling on the solar panel will be a good solution to enhance the performance of solar panel[1].
For the traditional solar system, most the solar panels are stationary, meaning the solar panel will not always directly or perpendicularly face to sunlight due to the
position of sun will always change in day. This condition will affect the performance of solar panel because the light intensity falling on the solar panel is not in maximum level.
To solve this problem, a small scale of microcontroller based solar tracking system was applied to the solar panel to increase its efficiency. This tracking system will align the
position of solar panel according to the light intensity.
Besides, this is a trend that the usage small electronic appliances, such as smart phone, tablet and mp3 players was dramatically increasing recently and most of these
electronic appliances are use nickel or lithium-ion type rechargeable battery. Users have to always charge up their electronic device. By using a solar charger and solar tracking
system, the efficient of solar panel can be enhanced, they can charge up their electronic device by using clean energy source with high mobility and high performance.
In conclusion, this project is mainly concern to green technology and clean energy. All of these contribute a lot to environment.
1.2 Project Objectives
